Friction-hinge for wind-shields.



P. N. LANDINE. PRICTION HINGE PoR WIND sHIBLDs. APPLICATION IfILED JULY 13,1911.

1,007,708. Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 13.1911.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

PETER N. LANDINE, OF MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROSTAND 'MFG. COMPANY, OE MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION' 0F CONNECTICUT.

FRICTION-HINGE FOR WIND-SHIELDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, PETER N. 'LANDINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milford, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Friction-Hinges for `Wind-Shields, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvementsin adjustable wind shields for autolnobiles, and particularly to an adjustable hinge connection whereby a movable element of the wind shield may easily and conveniently be adjusted at any desired angle.

In devices of this character it is most essential that the parts be capable of Vwithstanding severe usage, not alone because of the heavy strains due to wind pressure, but also due to the excessive vibration to which such devices are subjected.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of part of a windheld. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the joint. Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view taken at right angles to the plane of the section of Fig. 2. Figs. 4 to 9 inclusive, are views illustrating details.

1 represents a supporting rod or standing part.

2 represents the frame of the lass portion of the wind shield, which in lis instance constitutes the swinging or adjustable part i of said shield.

provided with a head 5 bored to snugly re-4 ceive the hub 4. The head 5 is cut through from edge to edge and in line with thefcircumference of the hub 4 to aiord guide passages for clamping blocks 6--7, which are so shaped as to' it into said guide passages and to so conform to the outside of the head 5l as to not impair the design thereof.

8 is a screw-bolt or the like, which extends through passages in the blocks 6 7. One end of the screw 8 may be squared, as at 8?, so that it will not turn in either block when the same are being drawn up. I

9 is a wing nut mounted on the exposed threaded end of the screw 8. The screw 8 passes through the blocks in a plane outside of the hub 4 so as notto interfere with the rotation of the hub in the head 5. When the blocks 6-7 are released b unscrewing the wing nut 9, it is obvious tA at theY hub 4 may be turned, whereby the side bar 3 may be adjusted at any desired angle. When so adjusted, the operator, by simply turning up on the wing nut 9, may draw the blocks 6 7 into gripping contact with the hub so as to securely hold the latter and the side bar 3 against movement. The hub 4 has at its inside by preference a fiange 10, against which the adjacent side of the head 5 may bear. The opposite end of the hub is provided with a flanged cap 11, which may be secured to the hub by means of a screw 12. The iange of this cap 11 lies against the opposite side of the head 5 so as to prevent' side motion. l

In the preferred construction, the means for holding the side bar 3 to the hub 4 may comprise a block 14 having a slot ltherein arranged to receive the side bar, and also having extending from its other side a squared extension 16. In this instance, the hub 4, as shown in Fig. 4, is a relatively heavy disklike member having a squared passage arranged to overstand theisquared part 16 and having screw-threaded passages arranged to receive screws A17--17, which pass through the channeled side bar 3 vand engage therewith, so .as to clamp the several parts of the hub tightly and permanently to said side bar. The particular form of the support or standard 1 may be varied as desired. In this particular instance, the standardkl is an internally `threaded tube screwing' on to a threaded extension 18fon the lower end of the head 5. v.The upper end of the head 5 is pro- .at right comprising a head ont-he standing part, a

sions 18 or 19 may be omitted, depending, of course, upon the particular deslgn of the wind shield.

What I claim is;

1. In a hinge for wind shields, a supporting part and an adjustable swinging part, a hinged connection between said parts, said hinge connection comprising a head onone part having a circular bore or passage therethrough, a hub .on the other part tted tothe said bore or passage and arranged to stand therein, a second passage through said head angles to the first mentioned passage therein and intersecting the sameeccentrically, a wedge-shaped friction block movable' in said yeccentric passage and guided by the walls thereof and arranged to engage the periphery of the hub, and means for drawing said friction block into binding contact with said hub.

2. In a hinge for wind shields, a supporting part,'a swinging part, a hinged connection between the two, 'said hinged connection said clamp comprising a screw hubonfthe swinging part, a passage in the head to receive said hub, said head having another passage eccentric to the center of the hub passage, wedge-shaped hub gripping blocks in said eccentric passage, and a manually operable clamp for said blocks.

3. In a hinge forwind shields, a supporting part, a`swinging part, a hinged connection between the two, said hinged connection comprising a head on the standing part, a hub on the swinging part, a passage in the head to receive said hub, said head having another passage eccentric to the center of the hub passage, wedge-shaped hub gripping blocks in said eccentric passa e, and a manually operable clamp for sai blocks, bolt passing freely through said wedge blocks, but held against rotation therein, and an operating nut for the vouter threaded end of said screw.

PETER N. LANDIN E. Witnesses:

HOWARD E. KILBORN, FANNIF. MAGUINN. 

